Improvement in necktie-supporters



UNITED STATES B. F. BEAN, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TU HIMSELF AND SETH ,v

PATENT OFFICE.

D. WOODBURY AND JAMES A. AUSTIN, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN N ECKTIE-SU PPORTERS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,068, dated June 7, 1864.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, B. F. BEAN, of Lynn, inthe county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Necktie-Supporter; and I do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which-'- Figure l is a plan of the supporter. Fig. 2 is a front perspective view of a shirt-collar with a necktie attached by means of the supporter, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the supporter with a necktie attached thereto.

Like parts are indicated by thc same letters in all the drawings.

The nature of my invention consists in confining a necktie to a persons neck by means of a metallic or rigid supporter, A, which, with the necktie attached thereto, is fastened and supported in the proper position with refer ence to the shirt-collar by means of a button"-V hole and the upper shirt-button, or by any other equivalent device, the design of my in`- vention being to produce a perfect necktie, of any descriptitn without passing the same entirely around the wearers neck, thereby saving not only a great amount of material, but also making a lighter and more comfortable article than any known or used before. It also saves the collar (especially paper collars) from sweat-soiling and wearing out so rapidly, as where the common kind ot' necktie is employed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed tol describe its construction and operation.

The supporter A may be made of ordinary tin plate or other metal or material affording the requisite stiffness.

The size, shape', and proportions of the supporter may be varied at pleasure. The one represented (full size) in Fig. 1, however, I consider as the best. It consists of a single piece of tin plate or other suitable material, with a slot, d, and button-hole b, all of which may be punched out with a die at a single operation. The plate is then struck up or bent so as to conform to the curvature of a persons neck.

The necktie or ribbon is passed through the slot d, which keeps it from moving sidewise, and then one-half of it is turned over the strip c, as represented in Fig. 3, leaving the remaining portion of the concave side ofthe plate A uncovered. The supporter, carrying the necktie E with it, is then put up over the shirtcollar D, or under the turn over part, as represented in Fig. 2. The larger part of the slot b receives the upper shirt-button, when (the supporter being carried to the right) said button will extend, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, each side of the narrower part of the slot, and thereby hold the supporter securely in place.

Instead of theslot or button-hole b, it is obvious that other equivalent devices for attachment might be used-as, for instance, an ela-stic loop confined to the central lower portion of the plate A, and hitched on over the shirtbutton, or a hook similarly attached might be hooked into the upper button-hole of the shirt.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure luy-Letters Patent, 1s-

The necktie supporter A, constructed and 

